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Knowlesville, New Brunswick

Knowlesville is a small community in Carleton County in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Knowlesville is in Aberdeen Parish, with a population in the 2011 Census of 981. It is located approximately 20 km east of Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick, along the Knowlesville Road.

Mount Frederick Clarke in Knowlesville has an elevation of 531 meters or 1742 feet.

History

Knowlesville is close to Skedaddle Ridge, where a number of Skedaddlers, draft evaders from the American Civil War lived during the 1860s.

It was named for Rev. Charles Knowles, a Free Will Baptist minister from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, who persuaded some local fishermen to take up farming in the area in 1861.

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Carleton County, New Brunswick

  • Earle Avery - Canadian & U.S. Hall of Fame harness racing driver/trainer.

References

Readings

  • Corey, Judson M. The Story of Knowlesville: The Community and Its People., J. M. Corey, 1985.
  • Corey, Judson M. Knowlesville II: the Corey story. Saint John: Inspiration Graphics, 2003.
  • https://www.back2land.ca/ The South Knowlesville Community Land Trust

References

  1. [http://www12.statcan.ca/mobile/2011/cp-pr/table-eng.cfm?SGC=1311026 2006 Statistics Canada Census Profile Profile: Aberdeen Parish, New Brunswick]
  2. "Mount Frederick Clarke". Peakbagger.com.
  3. "Carleton County History". Carleton County Historical Society.
  4. "New Brunswick Carleton County". theyerxas.ca.
  5. Cusack, Ruby M.. "The Story of Knowlesville The Community and Its People by Judson M. Corey".
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